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Plot: Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle portrays the one and only Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene Jr.; Petey’s story is funny, dramatic, inspiring – and real. In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibra...( read more  )nt soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself – sometimes to outrageous effect – and “tell it like it is.” With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell (Taraji P. Henson), the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo’s (Mike Epps) brother Dewey Hughes (double Golden Globe Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor). From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk (Cedric The Entertainer) and Sunny Jim (Vondie Curtis Hall). Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling (Emmy Award winner Martin Sheen). Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in American history. As Petey’s voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have. Through the years, Petey’s “The truth just is” style --- on – and off-air – would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.

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  MCT:

  May 10, 2008

  Don Cheadle is the early frontrunner for this year's Oscar, and he leads a film that isn't too shabby either. A pretty good film, with an excellent leading performance.

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  April 14, 2008

  Interesting story that really makes me want to learn more about 60s and 70s. Wonderfully acted by Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

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  April 13, 2008

  Although it's somewhat hindered by it's conventional biopic framework (especially towards the end), Talk to Me is elevated by the brilliant performances of Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Also, the 60s/70s vibe is great, and the era is very skillfully captured.

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  MCT:

  April 13, 2008

  Don Cheadle was great. This is a old school comedy that was real. I LOL through out the whole movie. Why have they not given him a trophey yet? Chiwetel Ejiofor added a great performence on the serious side to lead a all star cast that made this one to watch.

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  MCT:

  April 6, 2008

  Excellent biopic with two stellar performances by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Don Cheadle. These are a couple of my favorite actors, and it's great seeing them play off each other here, the more conservative Ejiofor perfectly complementing the more "street" Cheadle. Along the lines of "Good Morning, Vietnam" but a lot more raw, this shows the power that radio can have (for the good. Juxtapose this with another great Don Cheadle movie, "Hotel Rwanda", where the radio helped to incite genocide). And while this is a tale about how a man used his gift of "keeping it real" to transform his life from an ex-con to a powerful voice of the people, it's also a tale about friendship. Cheadle and Ejiofor both turn in Oscar-worthy performances as two men from the same side of the tracks and how they learned to accept who they were in their own unique ways. Excellent flick.

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  If Don Cheadle doesn't get the Oscar Best Actor here for his breathtaking performance here, then in all aspects Hollywood has a goddamn problem.

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• Rated: (R)
• Directed by: Kasi Lemmons
• Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama
• Released: July 27, 2007
• DVD Released: October 30, 2007

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